Method of operating eaum-grates



JNO. K. WEBER, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK.

METHOD 0F OPERATING FARM-GATES.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 13,673, dated October 9, 1855.

To all 'whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN K. WEBER, of Seneca Falls, in the county ofSeneca and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Openingand Closing Gates, and that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the principle or character which distinguishes it fromall other things before known and of the usual manner of making,modifying, and using the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, of which- Figure l, represents a perspective; Fig. 2, a topview or plan of the gate and fence.

My invention consists in a mode of opening and closing gates which areso hung as to be opened and shut both ways, so that a person riding in avehicle or on horseback can wit-hout dismounting open the gate and closeit after he has passed through, described as follows:

The'gate A is hung upon pivot or swivel hinges so as to swing freelyboth ways and is fastened by the spring bolt B. On either side of thegate there is a set of levers and cords so arranged and connected withthe gate and spring bolt as to open the gate in a direction from and infront of the person passing through. The two sets are alike inarrangement and operation and a description of one will answer for both.The lever a is worked by the hand lever a as shown in Fig. l. The corda2 is attached by one end to the top of lever a and by the other end atc Fig. 2 to the semicylindrical segment d which is firmly fixed to thegate. The cord a3 is attached by one end to the lower part of lever aand after passing over guide pulley e Fig. 2 and around the periphery ofthe segment is attached by its other end to t-he segment at c Fig. 2. Itwill now 'be seen that if the lever a is pushed forward by a personriding in the direction of the arrow, the upper end of a is carriedforward and its lower end backward and that the action of the cord a3will be to open the gate in the direction of the arrows, and that thereverse motion of the lever a would shut the gate by means of the cordc2. The cords b2 3 from the upper and lower ends of lever are arrangedand operate similarly to cords a2 a3 except that they operate to openand shut the gate in a different direction. The cords a3 3 pass througha loop m to keep them in place on the pulleys c c. It will be readilyseen that a gate of this description must be fastened when closed or itcould be opened by the wind or by cattle in either direction and inorder to fasten the gate and control the fastening by means of thelevers a and the cords a3 and b3 pass through a loop z' on one end ofthe spring bolt B, and as these cords alternately slacken and are drawntight by the alternating' motions of the levers the spring bolt will bewithdrawn and allowed to return to its place.

lVhat I claim is- The arrangement of the levers a, a', Z), cords a2, a3,722, 3, in combination with the spring bolt for opening and closing agate which opens and shuts both ways, the whole operated and operatingsubstantially in the manner set forth.

JOHN K. WEBER.

lVitnesses HIRAM A. PALMER, JOHN LANGE.

